Gentoo Kernel Sources Topic

mellofone · Apprentice Joined: 13 Apr 2002 Posts: 287

I think it may be a good idea to create a seperate Gentoo Kernel/Sources topic/forum.

It seems that a lot of questions/problems are asked about kernel sources, and it may help a bit...

Just a suggestion

leej · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 280

Seconded. Kernel/source questions come up a lot and I've noticed they often get moved around because they're considered innappropriately posted to certain groups. Maybe your suggestion would sort that out as well as lessen the traffic to more general forums.

handsomepete · Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 3:28 pm Post subject:

Thirded. It would probably thin out some of the message traffic in other forums, and kernel question posting *can* be a little ambiguous (i.e. which nic driver to use in kernel -> networking? dri support -> desktops? vanilla sources question -> general linux?).

Syntaxis · Guru Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 511 Location: London, UK

Agreed.
Sounds like a great idea... for all the reasons just described.

jay · l33t Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 980

Yes having a kernel forum a good idea. Maybe the moderators have this already in mind? I heard that a reorganisation of the forum is planned.
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AutoBot · l33t Joined: 22 Apr 2002 Posts: 968 Location: Usually Out

While this is a good idea in my opinion, don't you guys think there are already too many forums to keep up with?
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delta407 · Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 2:36 pm Post subject:

I think a kernel forum would be a little too specialized... hmm...

We're still tossing around ideas.
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mellofone · Apprentice Joined: 13 Apr 2002 Posts: 287

delta407 · Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 2:39 pm Post subject:

So... if we double the number of forums, we'll quadruple the number of posts we get in All Things Gentoo because people don't know where to put 'em.

We're looking at cutting the number of forums by 30%, if not more.
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mellofone · Apprentice Joined: 13 Apr 2002 Posts: 287

delta407 · Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 2:48 pm Post subject:

mellofone · Apprentice Joined: 13 Apr 2002 Posts: 287

delta407 · Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 3:00 pm Post subject:

The idea is to make the boundaries between forums more clear, which is to be accomplished by merging similar fourms.

We currently have 30 forums (sorta) -- Documentation has 10 posts, and Tips & Tricks has 476. Is there a foundational difference? Yeah, maybe, but they're similar enough that Tips & Tricks can eat Documentation without problems.

Also, one section will be labelled "Troubleshooting", reducing general questions being smattered about.
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mellofone · Apprentice Joined: 13 Apr 2002 Posts: 287

delta407 · Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 3:08 pm Post subject:

Vlad · Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2002 8:47 pm Post subject:

Hrm. Wouldn't it be useful to have things properly divided and subdivided? I realize that the greatest volume of posts lands in "All Things Gentoo," primarily because it's where everyone just "sticks it." But wouldn't well defined forums (or subforums) help "unclutter" that mess? I think it would be nice to see a "Kernel 2.5" forum and "Kernel 2.4" forum, but maybe I'm just being selfish. Anywho, I realize it's ultimately up to the admins to decide - but a Troubleshooting forum would definetly be a good idea.